Being gifted each day with something that brings me joy, makes me smile and sometimes makes me cry from the sheer pleasure of the moment or memory. Doing the things I love, when the hours permit and even when they don’t. Knowing this might not happen every day, but that makes it all the more pleasurable when they slide in without too much thought. Giving the gift of a smile or a simple hello to others I might not know. Enjoying sunrises, sunsets and the lofty clouds that hold shapes as they float lazily across the sky. Watching the seasons evolve into each other—tiny buds, gangly colts and calves, the smell of dampened earth after a warm lazy rain, fresh cut hay, geese flying south and big, white flakes of snow. Sharing moments others may never get to experience and spending time with family and friends. 

There is no need for me to make a resolution or promises I may not be able to keep. Living life to the fullest every day, all year, is what works for me. 

Happy New Year

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Gone are the days of Christmas in every room, dinner table overflowing with food and too many people to fit at one table. I am thankful that the some of the traditions are still intact and have not gone away. We enjoy them still, only on a smaller scale.Our hand-picked tree no longer arrives by bus, yes but, from the home property far away. Over the years our Christmas tree transitioned from one that needed a tall person to put the star on the top to one that sat quite nicely on the old desk, and this is the year of another change. 

The idea had simmered for a few months, the planning stage took a morning of sketches and calculating measurements. The making of our new tree had me rooting through the button jar, yes I still have one of those, finding the twine I wanted, digging through my leather craft bins and cutting branches from the yard. Once everything was gathered, the plan made a few detours before it was settled on the final design. ​